Rent Pinter at the BBC (1988)
4.0 of 5 from 10 ratings
10h 28min
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- Synopsis:
Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was one of the most important and influential British playwrights of the last century. While best known for his work for the stage, this collection celebrates Pinter's significant contribution to television. His work for the screen shares many of the qualities of that for the stage, from a fascination with the private roots of power and an abiding preoccupation with memory, to a belief in the agency of women. Featuring 10 plays made for the BBC between 1965 and 1988, and previously unavailable on video.
The Plays:
1. Old Times (1975)
2. The Hothouse (1982)
3. Mountain Language (1988)
4. The Basement (1967)5. A Slight Ache (1967)
6. A Night Out (1967)
7. Monologue (1972)
8. Tea Party (1965)
9. Landscape (1983)
10. The Birthday Party (1987)- Actors:
- Leo McKern, Vivien Merchant, Jennifer Wright, John Le Mesurier, Charles Gray, Margaret Denyer, Frederick Piper, Hilda Barry, Peter Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, Hugh Owens, Henry Woolf, Tony Selby, Anna Wing, Avril Elgar, John Castle, Richard Moore, Peter Pratt, Kevin Barry, Billy Russell
- Directors:
- Charles Jarrott, Christopher Morahan, Kenneth Ives, Harold Pinter
- Producers:
- Sydney Newman, Michael Bakewell, Andrée Molyneux, Rosemary Hill, Louis Marks
- Writers:
- Harold Pinter
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Performing Arts, Romance
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